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Useful Illustrations

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sig05-027: The Invisible Disk
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC/Caltech)

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ssc2005-14d: Illustration of a Light Echo
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)

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ssc2004-22b: Planets Point to Dust
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/C. Beichman (Caltech)

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ssc2004-20d: Observing Young Stars: Hitting the "Sweet Spot"
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)

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SSC2004-15c: Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), author of De Stella Nova (Prague, 1606)
Credit: Courtesy of the Archives, California Institute of Technology

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SSC2004-05c: Size comparison between Sedna and other bodies in the Solar System.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC-Caltech)

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SSC2004-05d: The location and orbit of Sedna is shown in context with the orbits of the Solar System, known asteroids and Kuiper belt objects, and the hypothesized Oort cloud of distant objects orbiting the Sun.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC-Caltech)

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SSC2004-05e: A diagram showing the current (15 March 2004) location of Sedna in the night sky.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/H. Kline (JPL)

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SSC2004-04b: This three-panel diagram shows the process of triggered star formation.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC-Caltech)

Spitzer Launch Profile.

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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Infrared as Part of the Electromagnetic Spectrum.

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Credit: NASA/IPAC

The Electromagnetic Spectrum.

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Atmospheric Opacity: Why Send Telescopes Into Space? (black & white version).

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Credit: NASA/IPAC

Atmospheric Opacity: Why Send Telescopes Into Space? (color version).

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Credit: NASA/IPAC

Mission Icons

Spitzer Space Telescope logo (color).

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Spitzer Space Telescope logo (black & white).

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Spitzer Science Center logo.

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SSC2003-05a: Lyman Spitzer, Jr.
Credit: Denise Applewhite/Princeton University

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SSC2003-05b: Lyman Spitzer, Jr. mountain climbing in the 1950s in the Swiss Alps above Zermatt, Switzerland.
Credit: OPO/STScI

Infrared Images

A visible-light/infrared comparison image of the mobile service tower and the Delta II rocket that launched Spitzer.

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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R.Hurt

A visible-light/infrared comparison image of the Delta II rocket that launched Spitzer.

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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R.Hurt

An image of the constellation Orion in the mid-infrared, as imaged by IRAS.

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A visible-light photograph of the constellation Orion, cropped and sized for comparison to the infrared image above.

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Credit: Courtesy of Howard McCallon

A visible-infrared comparison of the constellation Orion.

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Credit: Visible: Courtesy of Howard McCallon, Infrared: NASA/IRAS

Still frame from an infrared video of the launch of Spitzer.

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Still frame from an infrared video of the launch of Spitzer.

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Still frame from an infrared video of the launch of Spitzer.

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Still frame from an infrared video of the launch of Spitzer.

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Still frame from an infrared video of the launch of Spitzer.

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Still frame from an infrared video of the launch of Spitzer.

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Still frame from an infrared video of the launch of Spitzer.

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Still frame from an infrared video of the launch of Spitzer.

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Still frame from an infrared video of the launch of Spitzer.

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Miscellaneous Images

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ssc2005-05a: TLRBSE Spitzer Teachers
Credit: NOAO

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SSC2003-05a: Lyman Spitzer, Jr.
Credit: Denise Applewhite/Princeton University

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SSC2003-05b: Lyman Spitzer, Jr. mountain climbing in the 1950s in the Swiss Alps above Zermatt, Switzerland.
Credit: OPO/STScI



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